Police Log - Isle Of Wight/suffolk

November 28, 1989

ISLE OF WIGHT

*A sheriff's deputy was assaulted by a man Sunday morning at the Smithfield Plaza shopping center.

About 9 a.m., Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. E.R. Gardner responded to a complaint that a man was uttering profanity to shoppers outside the Farm Fresh supermarket, said Capt. S.G. Bowman of the Sheriff's Department. The suspect punched Gardner as the officer approached him to "pat him down," or search for a weapon or illegal drugs, Bowman said.

The suspect, a 20-year-old Smithfield area resident, bolted from Gardner and ran down the shopping center's sidewalk. Gardner gave chase and stopped the man in front of the Daily Press and The Times-Herald office. A struggle ensued, and two passers-by helped Gardner subdue the suspect, according to Bowman.

Bowman said the man was referred to the Western Tidewater Mental Health Center. The suspect probably will not be charged with any crime if the evaluation shows he has a mental condition that contributed to the incident, he said.

SUFFOLK

*Police arrested a 41-year-old city man Sunday in connection with the assault and robbery of an 83-year-old man.

Police charged Clarence J. Hunter, of the 9000 block of Gates Road, with felonious assault, breaking and entering, grand larceny, robbery and three counts of use of a firearm in a felony.

Police said Hunter robbed Joe Emmett Hudson of $400 on Nov. 19. Hudson, of the 1600 block of Barnes Road, told police that when he answered his door Hunter pointed a single-barrel shotgun at him and told him not to move. He said Hunter then took the $400 and another shotgun from him.